Halter



(No Model.)

0. G JOHNSON. HALTER.

No. 592,292. Patented 001;. 26.1897.

WITNESSES.- l/VVE/VTOH ATTORNEY.

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v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent N0. 592,292, datedOctober 26, 1897.

A plication m October 10, 1896. Serial No. 608,531. on model.)

1'0 a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

- tion.

This invention has relation to a new and novel improvementinone-piecefiber halters', the object of my invention being to provide ahalter that shall be neat, strong, cheap, and adjustable to any sizehorse.

The object of my invention is, further, to

provide a halter which will prevent the animal using the same fromback-pulling, as will be described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the outline of a horseshead with my adjustable fiber halter as secured. Fig. 2 shows a linesketch, disclosing the arrangement of my halter as opened. Figs. 3 and ashow, respectively, a side and top view of the rope buckle as used in myinvention, while Figs. 5 and 6 show, respectively, a side and top viewof a rope loop as used in my device.

My invention comprises, essentially, a onepiece fiber rope or strandhalter embodying a nose-loop, comprising the upper loop-section 2, whichcontinues to form the lower loop-sec tion 3, then continuing to form theleft cheeksection 4, then recurving at the point- 5, through a hookedeye A, then extending downward to form the left half of the throat-latch6, then passing into and through one of my loops B, then passing forwardby means of the strand 7 to recurve through the ring O,

. then extending backward by means of the strand 8 to again pass throughsaid loop B, extending from this by means of the right throat-latch 9,which passes through a second loop 10, from this continuing by means ofthe rear half of the crown-section 11 upon the right side, then curvingover to the left by means of the rear crown-loop portion 12, saidportion passing below the hook at of the hooked eye A to form theforward half-section 13 of the crown-loop upon the left side,

thence extending to form the forward section 14: to form'the forwardupper'half-section of the crown-loop upon the right side, thenceextending through the loop 10 to form the right cheek-section 15,whichenters the nose-loop at the intersection of the upper and lower righthand sections 2 and 3, as is clearly shown, to form a one-pieceadjustable fiber halter.

In order to make my halter adjustable, I provide a metallic loopcomprising the bottom plate B, provided wit-l the two upwardly-extendingloops b to provide the openings .20 20, through which the two strands orropes pass. Positioned centrally within the path of the strand-sectionsare two upwardly-extending pins 25 25, which are intended to project andextend into the fiber to lock these loops securely in position. In theconstruction of my halter I use two such similar loops, which have beenmarked 10 and B, respectivelyfso as to distinguish their positions.

To removably secure the crown-loop comprising the sect-ions 12 13 to thecheek-strand 4. and the throat-latch 6, I construct a special hooked eyecomprising the plate A, which is provided with the upward extension 30,which extension is reinforced by a central bar 31 to provide twoseparate openings for the recurved halter portion 5 to pass through, asis shown in Fig. 1. Extending from the opposite side is an upwardportion 32, which is provided with two backwardly-flaring hooks 1 1,which hooks are so positioned that the crown-loop sections 12 and-13will be locked between the base-plates A and the hooks 1 1. Thesebuckles I construct in various sizes, so

that when the fiber section 5 and the crownloop are both locked in thebuckle there is absolutely no play, these two loops locking.

upon one another, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3 I further extend thehook-sections 1 1 so far that the distance between these hook ends andthe fiber loop 5 is of a distance slightly connection of thethroat-latches, so that these sections are held tightly but securely andimmediately behind the animals jaw, the snugness of the adjustment beinggaged and regulated by the position of the loop The loop 10 is furthergiven a proper position in rear of the cars, so as not to press upon anytender portion of the animals head, and while the rope-buckle A is alsogiven adjustment by means of being carried either upward or downward inrelation to the sections 4 and 6, this buckle can be readily adjusted,in that the fiber section 5 readily works through and over thedividing-bar 31 of my buckle.

An animal provided with my improved halter in pulling back brings thefiber throatlatch immediately behind its jaw upon certain sensitiveparts, so that it is soon broken of the practice of pulling back.

My halter is further neat in construction, I

light, and durable, and what makes it of special value is that it can bemade adjustable to any size head.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

A one-piece fiber-strand halter comprising a nose-loop, a cheek-sectionextending from said nose-loop and recurving through a suitable hookedeye to form a half-section of the throat-latch, then extending throughan adjustable retaining device, thence continuing through said noseloop,thence recurving and repassing through said adjustable retaining device,then diverging to form the remaining lower half-section of thethroat-latch, thence passing through asecond retaining device, thenceextending and recurving to form a crown-loop, thence again passingthrough said second retaining device and continuing to the end, finallybeing secured to said noseloop to form the remaining cheek-section, thehook of said hooked eye being adapted to removably engage thetermination of said crown-loop.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORVILLE C. JOHNSON.

\Vitnesses:

G. W. Suns, A. M. ELLIJER.

